Thursday, October 15, 2009

CAN E-READING BE LEARNED...?

IS READING AN E-BOOK DIFFERENT THAN READING A BOOK ON PAPER...?

WELL THAT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION ...SORT OF LIKE TO CELL PHONES CAUSE BRAIN CANCER...!

THE STREET HAS A LOT RIDING ON THE "RIGHT ANSWER...!"

MY HUNCH IS THAT LEARNING TO E-READ IS SORT OF LIKE LEARNING TO WRITE ON A KEYBOARD...VERSUS USING A PAD OF PAPER...

A LOT OF OLDER WRITERS PERHAPS THOUGHT THEY HAD TO HAVE THE CONTROL OF THE PEN OR PENCIL... AND THE INSTANT ABILITY TO REVISE AND CROSS OUT AS THEY WRITE...AND SOME THOUGHT THE KEY BOARD DID NOT GIVE THEM THAT...AND WRITERS BLOC WOULD ENSUE IF THEY SAT IN FRONT OF A KEY BOARD...

STILL...MY HUNCH IS THAT E-READING IS AN ACQUIRED ABILITY...AND CAN BE LEARNED ...JUST LIKE "WRITING" USING A KEYBOARD....

THE REAL QUESTION IS WILL IT CAUSE CANCER...